11/02/2026
How can colleges and universities earn—and sustain—public trust?
AAC&U President Lynn Pasquerella and Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives Jeremy C. Young join the “Partnership Work” podcast to discuss AAC&U’s “Trust Agenda” and why rebuilding public trust starts with demonstrating institutional trustworthiness.
Their conversation explores the importance of stronger, more collaborative relationships with the communities colleges and universities serve—and what the broader higher education sector can learn from community colleges and regional public universities.
Listen to the conversation:
Today we’re going back to a topic that we’ve touched on a couple times on this show — the rising distrust of higher education, and what colleges and universities can do about it.